Education partnership announced

MOBILE, Ala. – Airbus Americas and the United Way of Southwest Alabama announced their participation in a new national education partnership. They awarded four grants valued at $12,000 to local schools and programs. Funding went to Gilliard Elementary School's Accelerated Reader Program, Mobile Area Education Foundation's Engaging Youth Through Engineering at Pillans Middle School, B.C. Rain High School's Jubilee BEST Robotics Inc., and a program to expand a free book program. (Source: al.com, 09/15/14)